Belizean Brandon Arnold shot dead in Chicago

Tonight the family of Belize City attorney Ellis Arnold is in mourning following the shooting death of his son in the United States. According to media reports from Chicago, around six-thirty Monday evening twenty-six year old Brandon Arnold was filling his car with gas at the corner of Touhy Avenue and Sheridan Road when a van pulled up and someone inside fired several shots at him. Arnold was hit a number of times and was pronounced dead an hour later at St. Francis Hospital. Police believe the incident may be gang related. Arnold finished high school in Belize before moving to Chicago. His body will be returned home for burial. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly.

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